The Many Ways You Can Give Antiques a New Life
It’s not always obvious what to do with some pieces of furniture. Most of us hang on to family heirlooms even if we don’t love them, have favorite chairs and…
A Redesigned Colorado Vacation Home at 10,600 Feet
When Linda and Mitch Bollag bought a remote house high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in 2013, it was the culmination of their longtime love affair with the state.…
That Art Piece on Your Coffee Table? It’ll Get You High.
A ceramic dragon fruit sliced down the middle with speckled seeds inside a fruit bowl. A clear crystal ball on a bookshelf. A decorative purple glass staircase on a coffee…
150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garnier Opera House
The Palais Garnier in Paris is among the world’s oldest theaters that still functions more or less in its original state. And long before the appearance of the selfie-stick, the…
$1.5 Million Homes in Lima, Peru
San Isidro | $1.5 million A remodeled duplex apartment with four terraces This three-bedroom, three-bathroom duplex apartment occupies the two top floors of a six-story building in central Lima’s affluent…
Only the Wallpaper Was an Easy Fit
As a first-time renter in New York, Caleb Feiring faced challenges familiar to anyone who has struggled to find a lease in the city: the apartments were tiny yet expensive,…
Loving an ‘Untouched’ Modernist House, and Then Getting Down to Work
In September 2019, Emlen Fischer and Ayla Christman saw a listing for a 1966 modernist home with a roof that crumpled low over the earth in Palo Alto, Calif., and…
Don’t Eat the Burger. It’s a Stool.
Jonny Carmack was perusing the aisles of a store in his hometown, Danbury, Conn., when he first saw it: a giant strawberry sitting on a shelf. Mr. Carmack, 32, a…